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MARTIN EUGENE KIRIK
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 25, 1948 – August 19, 1969
Service recordMartin Eugene Kirik, of West Palm Beach, Florida, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 19, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Intelligence Staff Officer (G2,a2,s2) (9301)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- August 25, 1948
- Home of record
- West Palm Beach, Florida (Palm Beach County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1969; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 68
- JARED ARTHUR FRISBIEPrivate First Class · August 19, 1969
- FRANCISCO GONZALEZ JRPrivate · August 19, 1969
- DONNIE LEE HACKNEYSpecialist Four · August 19, 1969
- ELI PAGE HOWARD JRLieutenant Colonel · August 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOSE LLAMASCaptain · Panel 19W, Line 65
- JOHN STEWART ORLEMANNSecond Lieutenant · Panel 19W, Line 72
From West Palm Beach
- ELMER L JUCKETT IIIPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- IVY THOMAS ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · March 26, 1967
- HENRY HWEY GAMBLECorporal · April 7, 1967
- HAROLD CLARENCE COOKMaster Sergeant · September 4, 1967
- PAUL HAROLD CLINESergeant · February 6, 1968
- JOHN DEAN HALLCorporal · February 28, 1968
- DAVID LEE WILKERSONSpecialist Four · March 24, 1968
- GARY LEONARD DANIELSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- RICHARD CURTIS JACKSONSergeant · May 11, 1968
- ROBERT RAY DUNCANLieutenant · August 29, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.